Language Arts

Resources for Students

Language Arts

Language Reference Sites

• The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
• Roget's II: The New Thesaurus - Locate synonyms.
• Glossary of Poetic Terms - Another source for poetry definitions.
• Quotations - Look here if you need to search for quotations.
• Creative Writing for Teens - Not really a reference site, but it will help you with your writing.
• The Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation - What to do about pronouns, commas, and other writing problems.
• The American Heritage Book of English Usage - A manual of grammar, style, plurals, and word forms.

Authors and Books

• Young Adult Books - A guide to the current scene in Young Adult Books from About.Com.
• KidViews - Read reviews of books by other kids or send in your own reviews.
• KidsReads.Com - Keep up with what's new in the world of books. Find out about your favorite author and find new books to read.
• Ask an Author - Find information about your favorite author, and send in questions to be answered by authors
• The Favorite Poem Project - Listen to Americans read their favorite poems or submit your favorite.
• American and English Poetry, 1250 - 1920 - Need to find a poem for school? Here you can look by author, title or date.
• Amber Brown - Series by Paula Danziger.
• Marguerite deAngeli
• Avi
• The Bailey School Kids - Series by Marcia Thornton Jones and Debbie Dadley.
• The Oz Encyclopedia - Information on L. Frank Baum and the wonderful world of Oz.
• Judy Blume's Official Web Site
• Beverly Cleary - Find out more about the books and about your favorite characters.
• Cam Jansen - The unofficial Cam Jansen web site by Kristin who is a fan of Cam's.
• The Official Jean Craighead George Website
• Junie B. Jones - Series by Barbara Park.
• Lois Lowry - Her official web site with her biography, and information about all of her books.

• Bulfinch's Mythology - An online version of the classic book on Greek and Roman mythology, King Arthur, and Charlemagne.

Publish Your Writings

• Midlink Magazine The electronic magazine for kids in middle school.
• Writes of Passage - This is a site for teens to submit their writings, and to read the work of others. There are also interviews with authors and links to high school and college websites.